Improving firearm storage habits: Impact of brief office counseling by family physicians

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-46

  Albright, Teresa L ^a,b,c   Burge, Sandra K ^b  

^a CHRISTUS Spohn Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Corpus Christi Family Practice Residency Program ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0038320956     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.16.1.40     Document Type: Article

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